I was asked to make a cake for my aunt’s 75th birthday and cousin. I decided to make a purse cake because I had just taken the Craftsy “Handbag” course by Ellisa Strauss. I followed her instructions but I still managed to carve more than I needed to carve off the cake and changed the … Read more
I made this make-up cake for my granddaughter’s 13th birthday. I think most girls that age are in to make-up. I made the lipsticks, blush and brushes, and nail polish with fondant and the eye shadows were made of melted white chocolate with food coloring. It is one layer of vanilla cake with home made frosting. … Read more
I first baked two 12″ round chocolate cakes for this purse cake. I put a paper thin coat of chocolate butter cream icing on each cake because my friend wanted raspberry jam filling, and I find the filling can sometimes makes the cake a little soggy when it’s made a few days in advance. I put some … Read more
First I had some fun creating some make-up, from Liquorice Allsorts, and chewy fruit sweets, a couple of orange matchmakers and some melted chocolate. The mascara end was dipped in chocolate then gently coaxed in chocolate strands to give the brush effect. The bag cake is a 9″ round sandwich cake with jam and butter cream filling. … Read more
This purse birthday cake was also another first for me. I did this one for a regular customer of mine at a grocery store where I worked. It was for a girl she worked with who was a total purse fanatic. I started out with a full sheet an just started cutting, shaping, basically hacking … Read more
I was recently asked to bake a birthday cake for an 18 year old girl. I was told she liked hot pink, shoes and was a girly-girl. Since I’m not into shoe fashion, nor am I a “girly-girl”, the challenge became designing a cake I thought such an 18 year old would like. So, I looked to … Read more
This Zebra Print Cake was made for a very special young lady celebrating her 10th birthday. At the age of 3 she was diagnosed with a bone cancer called Neuroblastoma. Needless to say she has undergone many treatments and surgeries including tumor removal and gall bladder surgery. She has endured stem cell transplants and antibody treatments. Her story is … Read more
This cake was made with the intention of it being 3D however, I felt I did not trust it. It was a Texas chocolate cake with a chocolate frosting. .. bad choice for a white fondant cover but it worked out. I lay the cake down and covered it. The chain and gold buckles were … Read more
This is a stacked cake made to look like a purse on the top. The bottom is a double layered cake covered in fondant with zebra stripes. The top cake is 2 – 4″ cakes shaped into a purse covered in fondant. The top of the purse cake is a wire formed and covered in … Read more
My daughter spends a great deal of her time and money in Victoria’s Secret and VS Pink Store. I decided about 8 months ago exactly what type of cake I wanted to make her for her birthday in March. I told her that I knew what cake I was going to make and how cool … Read more
This Princess handbag cake is definitely one of my better cakes. I made this for my 10 year old daughter who has an obsession with purple. I didn’t have a clue about how I would get the cake to stand upright, so I Googled a few pictures and watched a few youtube videos. I must say the snippets … Read more
I made this polka dots gift cake for my good friend Nikki for her birthday. I was in creative gear and we were all going out for dinner. Though I’ve really never heard of the cake flavor before- I made it a Neapolitan cake. It was strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate all swirled together. It tasted amazing! I made … Read more